Report finds UK businesses far from 80% greenhouse gas emissions cut target

15.09.11

The Sustainable Business 2011: Reflecting on Progress report has found that Britain’s companies are “nowhere near the path” to achieving government targets for an 80% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

The report finds that in the last year UK business has slipped back on industrial carbon emissions, energy efficiency, decarbonising electricity generation, and greenhouse gas emissions from freight transport – all areas which are crucial to the fight against climate change.

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